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NH native who wrote biography of Tom Petty remembers the rocker

WEBVTT BIOGRAPHY.WARREN ZANES FIRST TUNED INTTOM PETTY AS A BOY LISTENING TOHIM ON THE RADIO FROM HISCHILDHOOD HOME IN CONCORD.>> WE WERE UP IN NEW HAMPSHIREHEARING THIS STUFF SO THE WAY ICAME INTO TOM PETTY'S WORLD WASFIRST AND FOREMOST AS A FAN.JEAN: MUSIC WOULD BRING THEMTOGETHER WARREN JOINED HIS BROTHER'S BANDTHE DEL FUEGOS, DEL FUEG-- FREEFALLING INTO ROCK AND WILL-- ROCK 'N ROLL.THE DEL FUEGOS TOURED WITH TOMPETTY EVEN OPENING IN WARREN'SHOME STATE >> I REMEMBER OPENING UP FOR HIMIN MANCHESTER, IT WAS QUITE AWAY TO RETURN HOME, TO COME,OPEN ENOUGH FOR ONE OF YOURHEROES.JEAN: TOM PETTY TOOK NOTE OFWARREN ZANES' TALENTS AS AMUSICIAN AND A WRITER.HE INVITED WARREN TO WRITE'PETTY' THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHYOF HIS FRIEND, AND CHILDHOODHERO SHARING LIFE CHALLENGES ANDROCK 'N ROLL TRIUMPHS.>> NO I WON'T BACK DOWN.>> HE DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE THEFAITH IN ME AS A WRITER THAT HEDID, BUT HE DID IT MADE ADIFFERENCE TO ME, TO HAVE YOURHERO BELIVE IN YOU IS EVERYBODYSHOULD BE SO LOCKY TO HAVE ANEXPERIENCE LIKE THAT, AND I HADIT.JEAN ON THE NEWS OF HIS ROCK 'NROLL HEROES DEATH WARREN ZANESSAYS HE THOUGHT PETTY HAD 4 MORERECORDS TO BRING US.TOM PETTY PASSED AWAY LASTNIGHT.

Shock and condolences have poured in from superstar acts like Aerosmith, the Eagles, Eric Clapton and Def Leppard since the news of Tom Petty’s passing, but a New Hampshire native may have known the rocker better than any of them.

Shock and condolences have poured in from superstar acts like Aerosmith, the Eagles, Eric Clapton and Def Leppard since the news of Tom Petty’s passing, but a New Hampshire native may have known the rocker better than any of them.